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<v Speaker 1>This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local.

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<v Speaker 2>News, mostly sunny, fifty two degrees at eleven o'clock on

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<v Speaker 2>this Thursday morning. I'm Sherry Small. Let's get you caught up.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's what's happening. Hurricane Milton has moved on from Florida,

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<v Speaker 2>and now the cleanup begins. At least four people are

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<v Speaker 2>dead and millions are left without power. Cruiser using trucks

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<v Speaker 2>and boats to get through floodwaters and rescue stranded Floridians.

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<v Speaker 3>This is a special report from ABC News Hurricane Milton.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm Sherry Preston. The storm barreled into the Atlantic after

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<v Speaker 3>plowing across Florida, whipping up a barrage of tornadoes that

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<v Speaker 3>led to four deaths and more than three million power outages.

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<v Speaker 3>With more on that. ABC's even pilgrims in Orlando.

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<v Speaker 4>We saw transformers blowing less and right, and there's a

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<v Speaker 4>lot of power out in the state of Florida. Some

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<v Speaker 4>three point two million houses holds are waking up without power.

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<v Speaker 5>Here.

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<v Speaker 4>Tampa Electric saying seventy percent of their customers don't have

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<v Speaker 4>power right now.

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<v Speaker 3>Florida Governor Roun Dessentis says one of the big focuses

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<v Speaker 3>now is also on gas.

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<v Speaker 6>Ensuring that fuel is flowing. Hopefully we get our gas

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<v Speaker 6>stations in big box stores and everything opened very quickly.

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<v Speaker 6>I'd imagine that that will likely happen and just get

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<v Speaker 6>people back on their feet.

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<v Speaker 3>Milton madeland Fall about eight thirty eastern last night and

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<v Speaker 3>see us t Key south of Tampa. The storm surge

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<v Speaker 3>predicted to be as high as fifteen feet in Tampa

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<v Speaker 3>at one point, didn't get nearly that high. This is ABC.

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<v Speaker 2>News and we will continue to follow this and bring

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<v Speaker 2>you the very latest throughout the day. Take us with

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<v Speaker 2>you on the go with the iHeartRadio app. A cyber

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<v Speaker 2>attack targets Mass State employees. The state says a fake

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<v Speaker 2>website was created to look just like the state's portal

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<v Speaker 2>where employees entered their work hours and attendance basically time cards. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>some employees were fooled and use the fake site, entering

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<v Speaker 2>their user names and passwords. This allowed scammers to harvest

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<v Speaker 2>that information to potentially access the employee's legitimate accounts, gaining

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<v Speaker 2>access to their direct deposit information. The state says that

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<v Speaker 2>the fake website has been taken down. Those impacted have

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<v Speaker 2>been notified and says there is no evidence that the

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<v Speaker 2>state's legitimate work and attendance website was ever compromised. Inflation

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<v Speaker 2>still appears to be on the downswing, new data showing

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<v Speaker 2>the consumer price index rose only slightly last month.

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<v Speaker 7>The consumer price index is up just two tenths of

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<v Speaker 7>a percent, the same increase for August and July, which

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<v Speaker 7>is good news for consumers hoping to see inflation continue

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<v Speaker 7>to slow. Over the last year. The Bureau of Labor

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<v Speaker 7>Statistics reports the cost of all items rose about two

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<v Speaker 7>point four percent, far less than previous year price increases.

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<v Speaker 7>The biggest September price jumps were four tenths of a

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<v Speaker 7>percent for food. Energy prices fell nearly two percent.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's ABC's and d Field reporting. Their other federal

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<v Speaker 2>data released today, Those shows you jobless claims rose to

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<v Speaker 2>their highest level in a year last week. Mostly sunny

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<v Speaker 2>skies today a little cooler, though we'll reach a high

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<v Speaker 2>of just fifty nine degrees, clear and chili Tonight, cooling

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<v Speaker 2>off to about forty six in the city, upper thirties

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<v Speaker 2>in the cool western suburbs. Friday warmer, a high of

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<v Speaker 2>sixty six degrees Tomorrow, Mostly sunny, skies, and Saturday we

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<v Speaker 2>warm up to seventy one degrees, mostly sunny, a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit of a breeze as well, but there's a turnaround

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<v Speaker 2>come Sunday. We could see a shower or two in

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<v Speaker 2>the forecast, highs only reaching about sixty degrees and unfortunately

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<v Speaker 2>more clouds in sunshine. Right now, we're up to fifty

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<v Speaker 2>two degrees right now in the city. It's eleven oh five.

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<v Speaker 2>Salvation Army volunteers from the Northeast are on scene in

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<v Speaker 2>Florida trying to help the Sunshine State recover after Hurricane

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<v Speaker 2>Milton's vicious landfall. Last night. WBZ TV's Julie McDonald reports.

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<v Speaker 5>We're still dealing with survivors from ian let Alone, Heleene

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<v Speaker 5>let Alone, Milton, So it's an ongoing process.

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<v Speaker 1>During times of disaster, one hundred percent of designated donations

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<v Speaker 1>to the Salvation Army are used for immediate response and

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<v Speaker 1>long term efforts. These teams are out straight before they

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<v Speaker 1>even return to Florida.

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<v Speaker 8>Every Salvation Army truck that goes out has about one

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<v Speaker 8>thousand meals for lunch, they have one thousand meals for dinner,

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<v Speaker 8>and we're coming back with empty trucks.

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<v Speaker 1>More volunteers will leave New England this weekend answering the

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<v Speaker 1>call to deliver help and hope.

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<v Speaker 2>MIMA has deployed personnel to Virginia and the Carolinas to

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<v Speaker 2>help with last week's Hurricane Helene, and has offered to

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<v Speaker 2>send help to Florida in the wake of Milton. Autumn

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<v Speaker 2>leafs are as good as gold for businesses around New England.

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<v Speaker 5>And paid is exactly the status of New England when

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<v Speaker 5>it comes to leaf peeping season and tourists coming to

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<v Speaker 5>our region from all over the country. The Nation Park

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<v Speaker 5>Service saying New England generates eight billion dollars during the

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<v Speaker 5>autumn months from foliage tourism, people spending on everything from retail, hotels,

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<v Speaker 5>restaurants and more. And that money is coming from four

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<v Speaker 5>million people who descend upon New England specifically to visit

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<v Speaker 5>for fall foliage. It'll be peak leaf peeping season on

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<v Speaker 5>October twenty seventh and Greater Boston. We're in the midst

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<v Speaker 5>of this annual autumn spectacular. Jim MCKAWBZ Boston's.

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<v Speaker 2>News Radio Saturday, it would be a great day for

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<v Speaker 2>leaf peeping once again. His reaching a seventy one decrease

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<v Speaker 2>Wildlife experts say global animal populations have shrunk dramatically in

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<v Speaker 2>the past fifty years. CBS's Vickie Barker has more.

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<v Speaker 8>Among the species affected elephants and tropical fars and hawks,

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<v Speaker 8>bill turtles off Australia's Great Barrier Reef and the Barrier

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<v Speaker 8>Reef itself. The Worldwide Fund for Nature says habitat destruction

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<v Speaker 8>is pushing the Amazon Rainforest to the brink of collapse,

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<v Speaker 8>and the loss of that carbon sucking machine would accelerate

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<v Speaker 8>global warming. Vicki Barker, CBS News, London.

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<v Speaker 2>Policymakers in New England and Canada are trying to navigate

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<v Speaker 2>tricky transitions to clean energy. Now, some advocates are pushing

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<v Speaker 2>the two sides to partner up. New England has plenty

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<v Speaker 2>of wind energy and Canada specializes in hydropower well. Some

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<v Speaker 2>experts say that you sides should pull all their resources together.

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<v Speaker 2>Not only would it be cost effective, but it would

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<v Speaker 2>also safeguard against energy shortages. Governor Healey and other leaders

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<v Speaker 2>from both sides of the border have signaled interests in

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<v Speaker 2>such a partnership. You are now in the loop for

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<v Speaker 2>news updates throughout the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio

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<v Speaker 2>on the iHeart Radio app. I'm Sherry Small, WBZ, Boston's

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